The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS), along with Alsager Community First Responder (CFR) team, is looking to recruit more volunteers to respond to certain ambulance emergencies.

A community open day is being hosted at Alsager Library from 10am-4pm on Saturday (February 25) to show people from Alsager and its immediate surroundings how they can get involved.

There are currently four members of the Alsager CFR team who provide support to the ambulance service in Alsager, Church Lawton, Rode Heath and surrounding areas.

The ambulance service uses CFRs in many rural areas, to get to patients quickly and provide life-saving help prior to the arrival of an ambulance.

Working as part of a local team, CFRs are equipped with defibrillators, oxygen and first-aid kits and are sent to certain emergencies by the ambulance service’s emergency control centre.

As they are based within the local community, they are often able to get to an emergency first and provide critical care before paramedics arrive.

This can be crucial in situations such as cardiac arrests, where minutes could make the difference between life and death.

NWAS’s community resuscitation manager Rob Hussey said: “We hope people will join us at the open event where ambulance staff and members of the Alsager CFR team will be explaining what’s involved in volunteering and will answer any questions you may have. They will even show you how to save a life.”

For more details Call 0151 261 2605 or visit www.nwas-responders.info.